Name a prefecture of Japan: rare answers

There are 47 correct answers to “Name a prefecture of Japan” on our list. The obvious ones, like Tokyo, Hokkaido and Okinawa, are worth 10 points each; the rare ones, like Saga, Oita and Shimane, are worth far more.

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Accepted answers
47
Category
Geography
Deep answers (85–100 pts)
17 (36%)
Alternate spellings accepted
None needed
First letters
15 different; K is the most common (6)
  • 🐙 Abyssal: 6 answers (13%), 100 pts each
  • 🦑 Midnight Zone: 11 answers (23%), 85 pts each
  • 🐠 Twilight Zone: 14 answers (30%), 60 pts each
  • 🐟 Sunlit Zone: 12 answers (26%), 30 pts each
  • 🌊 Surface: 4 answers (9%), 10 pts each

The rarest answers

6 answers are Abyssal here, the ones we expect the fewest players to think of: Saga, Oita, Shimane, Kochi, Okayama and Tokushima. Each is worth 100 points, ten times a Surface answer.

🐙 Abyssal answers (100 points)

Saga, Oita, Shimane, Kochi, Okayama, Tokushima

🦑 Midnight Zone answers (85 points)

Shiga, Yamaguchi, Tochigi, Kumamoto, Ehime, Tottori, Kagawa, Wakayama, Fukui, Toyama, Miyazaki

🐠 Twilight Zone answers (60 points)

Nagano, Fukuoka, Akita, Mie, Gunma, Kagoshima, Nara, Ishikawa, Yamanashi, Niigata, Hiroshima, Yamagata, Gifu, Nagasaki

🐟 Sunlit Zone answers (30 points)

Kanagawa, Chiba, Fukushima, Miyagi, Osaka, Saitama, Aomori, Hyogo, Shizuoka, Ibaraki, Kyoto, Iwate

🌊 Surface answers (10 points)

Tokyo, Hokkaido, Okinawa, Aichi

Rarity tiers are our own estimate of how few people would think of each answer. For strategy, read how to find One in a Krillion answers.

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